One of the best-located places to eat in Cambridge, the two-Michelin-starred
Midsummer House on the banks of the river serves up a contemporary British dining experience led by award-winning head chef, Daniel Clifford. If you are able to get your hands on a sought-after reservation, dive headfirst into the tantalizing seven-course tasting menu with accompanying wine for an experience you won’t forget. Catch the last of the oyster season at
Trinity Bar, enjoyed with a glass of sparkle from the bar’s extensive champagne menu. Taking its moniker from the college of the same name, the bar’s British menu offers up meat of the ‘pan-fried pigeon’ variety, too.
What lessons can we learn from China’s Covid recovery?
With only a two-month lockdown in place in early 2020, there is a lot UK retailers can learn from China’s post-pandemic retail strategy.
As UK retailers shuttered their doors in March 2020 for what would be the first of successive national lockdowns, mainland China was opening up again. More than a year later, life in China – including shopping – is largely back to normal, providing a lifeline for retailers from the west, which continue to battle government restrictions and shrinking revenues.
The International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook shows China was the only advanced or emerging economy with GDP growth in 2020, at 2.3%. Its most recent update in April predicts 8.4% growth for 2021. By comparison, UK GDP shrank by 9.9% in 2020, and is expected to grow 5.3% in 2021.
The search for the 2021 Great British Entrepreneur of the Year has begun, with the entry window for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards now open.
Now in its ninth year, Great British Entrepreneur Awards in partnership with Starling Bank celebrates the hard work and inspiring stories of entrepreneurs in the UK, rather than just the balance sheet. Central to the ethos of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards is being more than just an awards ceremony. It’s a community; a thriving ecosystem of support all year round and provision of support and opportunities for winners and finalists to connect and showcase their business.
Westfield
A steady flow of customers emerged as they hit the high streets today (12 April), and queues formed outside branches of Primark, TK Maxx, Marks & Spencer, Nike, John Lewis and Selfridges. Footfall was up 218.2% week on week at 10am, Springboard reported, with rises of 339.7% in shopping centres, 232.8% in high streets and 58.2% on retail parks.
“The atmosphere among staff is great. They are all happy to be back and customers are also desperate to be back in physical stores – so far, so good,” a Frasers Group retail spokeswoman told Drapers. “Its busier than normal, but it’s also half-term for some schools. People are also in need of sportswear [as gyms also reopen today].
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